I'm 12 years old and whilst I did hyperventilate during some of the scenes from paranoia it did have some major flaws. I simply don't understand how after the groundskeeper all oats gets killed, Bailee almost gets killed and Kim finding vital information that the Dad did not move out. I found myself hating him in the end. I believe they could've made this movie better if they gave the characters a more realistic approach to dealing with things. (Another example is when the child keeps talking, looking at and following the creatures. Any normal child would scream and run away.) I believe the actors/actresses were great it's just that the movie fell short and missed that needed realism.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010): Dir: Troy Nixey / Cast: Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson, Alan Dale: Laughable haunted house horror farce about facing one's fears. Never have I heard so much laughter during a horror film as I did here. I had to check to see if I had entered the wrong theatre. It was as though I was watching a comedy. Bailee Madison stars as a young girl whose parents have split and she is sent to live with her father. He moves her into a big house and she immediately disapproves of his girlfriend. Soon she is hearing voices that request that she release them out of the basement. These little creatures cannot face sunlight, which reminds us not only why Gremlins works better, but also why it is so much better. Listening to these creatures whisper is so lame that it had the audience in an uproar of laughter. Madison fares well against the nonsense dealing both with feelings of neglect and acceptance. Katie Holmes also holds her own as the new woman in daddy's life. She goes from discouraged to investigating Madison's claims and comes to startling realizations. The ending here is complete bullshit with that whole self sacrifice crap. Guy Pearce plays Madison's father whose job is to not believe her claims and be irritated easily. Jack Thompson plays some old geezer who knows the house's past and ends up in the hospital for trying to do something about it. Director Troy Nixey makes great use of lighting for ominous appeal but it doesn't make up for the juvenile screenplay. Special effects look fantastic but it is not the dark that one needs to be leery of. It's the level of laughter. Score: 4 / 10

This is a very bad movie. It is better then original 1973 version. But not mush better. This an awful movie. It is about a family that buy and old house and goblins live in the basement. It is not scary at all. It is badly written. The ending is terrible. Do not wast your time. Do not wast your money. One of the only horror movie I can the of worst then this one is Don't be afraid of the dark (1973). Don't be afraid of this movie is what there should have called it. The goblins in this movie eat humans bones. It not a fun movie at all. So there is no point to it. It takes all the fun out of horror. It is only scary If you are under ten. This movie is pooh pooh. Do not see it.

After moving into a new house in the countryside, a young girl discovers the area home to a race of diminutive beings who need to feed on human teeth to survive and must convince her parents to help her stop them.This is quite a decent enough effort that does have enough going for it to make it work. The main thing going for this one is the fact that house itself is used to build the kind of atmosphere and presence that gives this a rather impressive amount of suspense throughout this. By being the kind of location that can accurately keep the creatures hidden so well as it does here by utilizing the darkened hallways, light-less rooms and generally creepy layout this gives off, it has the perfect hiding locations to allow the creatures to stay a rather impressive force by having them know the lay-out so that there's an advantage to them that's not available elsewhere. That gives this a few rather impressive attack scenes throughout this with there being the basement brutalizing and the ambush in the bathroom to give this a rather spectacular air about it to having the kind of action required to stay invested here. As well, the final half which is the assault on the dinner party and the guests there is quite a bit of fun and really works quite well, helped by the swarm of creatures there but also managing to get plenty of high-end spectacle coming from this so it all works out quite well. These do help somewhat to overcome the few flaws in here, though nothing overcomes the factor of having the father be so utterly clueless and careless towards his daughter's claims. The blatant dismissals here generally feel solely there to provide an excuse to stay in the house and keep the plot rolling along rather than out of any general kind of rational behavior on his part, as the kind of sequences ushered throughout here are far more worthy of investigation on his part and these are brushed off quite simply to move the plot along so these are quite unbelievable. As well, the constantly-changing tone of the creatures here is somewhat confusing, since it gives them a reverence and feel towards their behavior and general appearance that reads more like a fantasy than a straightforward horror effort so there's a rather alarming clash against the brutal and vicious actions they undergo here. It doesn't help the CGI looks atrocious and off throughout here as they rarely interact well with their surroundings and the size changes throughout, but when they have a whimsical attitude towards someone here only to suddenly swarm them with knives and surgical tools to violently begin hacking them to pieces, it's differing moods is a big problem. Otherwise, this one isn't so bad.Rated R: Violence, Language and continuous children-in-jeopardy.